One car hit the bridge superstructure and split in two, with half going into the river and other half catching fire and burning on the bridge.

Two other cars, with passengers, plunged through the ice into the river.

The fourth rail passenger car turned on its side and came to rest on the embankment.

Forty-three people lost their lives in this wreck, one of the worst in Canadian rail history.

Thursday, January 21, 2010, marks the 100th anniversary of the accident.

For those who may be interested in reading transcripts of newspaper articles of this deadly derailment, Darcy and Myril Lynn Brason-Lediett of Sault Ste. Marie published a 140-page book of this tragedy, complete with an index of names of those mentioned in the articles.

Copies of the book are available at libraries and museums in Sault Ste. Marie, Blind River, Elliot Lake, Massey, Sudbury, North Bay and Renfrew.